nominations 8 nominations Peter Dinklage 6 nominations Jonathan Banks Ed Begley Jr. Will Geer Jimmy Smits Bruce Weitz 5 nominations William Frawley Michael Imperioli Aaron Paul William Shatner John Spencer Bradley Whitford Noah Wyle 4 nominations James Brolin Timothy Busfield Art Carney Jim Carter Michael Conrad Richard Dysart Héctor Elizondo Michael Emerson Giancarlo Esposito John Hillerman Michael Kelly Mandy Patinkin Carl Reiner John Slattery Dean Stockwell 3 nominations Mason Adams Noah Beery Jr. Michael Douglas Larry Drake Paul Ford Victor Garber John Karlen Don Knotts Eriq La Salle Greg Morris Leonard Nimoy Terry O'Quinn Richard Schiff Robert Walden Ray Walston 2 nominations Alan Alda Ben Alexander Michael Badalucco Andre Braugher Nicholas Braun David Burns Leo G. Carroll Josh Charles Dominic Chianese Gordon Clapp Barry Corbin Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Billy Crudup Kieran Culkin Alan Cumming Fyvush Finkel Charles Haid David Harbour Steve Harris Steven Hill John Lithgow Matthew Macfadyen Stuart Margolin Ben Mendelsohn Edward James Olmos Oliver Platt Chris Sullivan Nicholas Turturro Jon Voight Dennis Weaver Jeffrey Wright See also Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Notes References Supporting Actor - Drama Series Emmy Award